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Tila Tequila Tweets Own Death

8:45PM Andrew Belonsky | Things are getting bad down Tila Tequila way. Claudia Schiffer needs a prayer. And there’s gay marriage in a certain Mad Men actor’s future. Yes, it’s your Tuesday gossip roundup! More »
Big Screen

Oprah Battles Clooney For The Toronto Spotlight

1:25AM Richard Rushfield | It’s on in Toronto. Despite pre-festival buzz about the death of independent film and grown-up distribution, turns out there’s still enough hype to light up on Canadian city. More »
Big Screen

Hollywood’s Summer Ends With A Bang And A Whimper

4:19AM Richard Rushfield | Its the last weekend of summer — a time for Hollywood to scratch their heads in amazement that they fell for it again. More »
Flotsam & Jetsam

New Melrose Place To Be Sexy, Full Of Puns

12:32AM Richard Lawson | Today we have some small casting news about a Full House actor. More news about Tyler Perry. Also some stuff about Denzel Washington. But mostly we’re talking about Melrose Place. That’s mostly what we’re into these days. More »
Flotsam & Jetsam

Don’t Say We’ve Never Said A Nice Thing About Tyler Perry

3:22AM Natasha VC | Uma Thurman, Nicholas Cage and Tyler Perry are all things that won’t win them automatic scorn. This is progress. Also, Martin Sheen may get the chance to be in charge of freedom again. Finally. More »
Flotsam & Jetsam

The Heart Wants What It Wants

1:51AM Richard | A kiddie update gets a release date, lawsuits are filed, quirky indies are cast with cult fave actors, Michael from The Wire joins the war effort, and people are watching Gary Unmarried. More »

Tyler Perry Still Having Trouble Settling On Mrs. Right

3:56AM Seth | Yesterday, we relayed the frustrations of gender illusionist/multimedia mogul Tyler Perry in his search for “Mrs. Right”—one of the many sacrifices one makes on the journey up the slippery slope of fame and success. More »

Tyler Perry’s ‘Why Can’t I Get Married?’

7:30AM Seth | Former writers’ sweatshop matron and World’s Richest Grandma with a Dick™ Tyler Perry expressed frustrations over his dating life recently to Essence magazine: More »

Hottest Hollywood Scab Tyler Perry Gives In, Opens Studio to WGA

6:30AM STV | It took four fired writers, a Will Smith-defied picket line, an open letter from Tina Fey (among others), and an intervention by the NAACP, but we’re happy to report that the impossible dream has finally landed at Tyler Perry Studios: The mogul is finally coming around to a deal with the WGA. More »

Are Will Smith, Oprah Winfrey and Other Tyler Perry Guests Hollywood’s Hottest New Scabs?

6:20AM STV | Tyler Perry’s crisp white tuxedo was a bold choice of attire at the opening of his new studio Saturday night, when the mogul was dodging the worst of his fired former writers’ union-busting accusations reported here last week. The WGA came through with its picket line on behalf of Kellie Griffin, Christopher Moore, Teri Brown-Jackson, and Lamont Ferrell — the House Of Payne Four whom Perry allegedly let go for their attempts to unionize the show’s writing staff. One reported list of attendees had Will Smith, Oprah Winfrey, Sidney Poitier and several illustrious others crossing the picket line Saturday night, while the WGA sent word late Saturday that a second protest was planned for another, smaller event at Perry’s Atlanta mansion on Sunday morning. So what does it all mean besides Oprah scabbing her way to free drinks and having a drunken Madea-Off with Poitier and Ruby Dee?